Vitamin A status of pregnant women assessed by a biochemical indicator and a simplified food frequency questionnaire

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 322-325

  De Carvalho Rondó, Patricia Helen ^a   Villar, Betzabeth Slater ^a   Tomkins, Andrew Marvin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Food frequency questionnaire; Plasma; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0033291365     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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